The colors o green an gowd are considered Pan-African colors.[3] Green is an aa uised tae seembolise Islam, an the gowd for the sands o the Sahara desert. The crescent an star are seembols o Islam, which is the major releegion in the naition. Some writers hae an aa speculatit that green seembolises a bricht future, an growth.[1] Thare is nae offeecial specification or construction sheet for the exact relative measurements o the star an crescent, awtho the banner's measurements are 2:3.[1]